22. Venture capitalists invest in innovations that seek to eradicate leading causes of death in the United States including cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, spinal injuries
and respiratory disease.

23. One quarter of venture-backed companies that are now public were founded by a
foreign-born national.

24. Venture capital investment in a company is typically five to 10 years in length, often
longer but rarely less.

25. Venture capital investment has consistently outperformed the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ for the 10- and 20-year time horizons for decades.

26. There are fewer than 800 venture capital firms in the United States.

27. Venture capital accounts for just 0.2 percent of U.S. GDP but is responsible for 10
percent of all U.S. jobs and 18 percent of U.S. revenues.

28. Since 1973, close to 3,000 venture-backed companies have gone public on the U.S.
stock exchanges.

29. Since 1973, more than 4,000 venture-backed companies have been acquired for their
innovations and business models.

30. In 2007, U.S. venture capitalists invested $1.4 billion in China and $1.0 billion in India.

31. The average number of company boards that venture capitalists sit on is 4.

32. One out of every five deals in 2007 had a corporate venture capital investor.

33. The NVCA has a membership of more than 4,000 venture capitalists and a staff of 12.

34. The majority of venture capitalists were once entrepreneurs, scientists or engineers
themselves before they began investing.